ERIC BUTTERWORTH PAPERS (3014)
BOX 25 FOLDER 62
THE ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE
NOVEMBER 19,1989
THE AI 111UDE OF GRA11TUUE
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TODAY IS THE TRADITIONAL THANKSGIVING SUNDAY. IT IS NOT THE DAY OF THANKSGIVING. THAT COMES ON THURSDAY. TODAY WE ARE NOT CELEBRATING THANKSGIVING. RATHER, WE ARE CELEBRATING THE ATDTITUDE OF GRATITUDE,
ACTUALLY, HAVING A DAY OF THANKSGIVING IS VERY CONVENIENT. IT PROVIDES
R-PIETY." YOU MAY HAVE
THE WAY FOR WHAT WE COULD CALL "SI A TOTAL LACK OF THANKFULNESS, A PERPETUAL ATTITUDE OF INGRATITUDE.
BUT ON ONE DAY OF THE YEAR YOU "DO" THANKGIVING, COUNTING YOUR BLESSINGS OVER ONE BY ONE. GENERALLY FEELING GRATEFUL ALL DAY LONG FOR GOOD THINGS AND HAPPY RELATIONSHIPS,. THEN ON FRIDAY, HAVING "DONE" THANKSGIVING YOU GO BACK TO WORK...AND POSSIBLY, BACK TO THE PRACTICE OF COMMISERATING OVER YOUR PHYSICAL PROBLEMS, YOUR FIANCIAL BURDENS, THE INGRATITUDE OF YOUR FAMILYTHE LOW COMPENSATION IN YOUR WORK, THE CRIME AND VIOLENCE THAT ARE SO MUCH A PART OF THE DAILY SCENE^I HAVE OBSERVED, TONGUE IN CHEEK, THAT IT MIGHT V MORE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE AN ANNUAL ‘TRIBULATION" DAV*, SPENDING InE WHOLE DAY "TRIBULATING" (ONE WOMAN SAID, "WHENTHE LORD SENDS IE TRIBULATIONS, IT"S MY DUTY TO TRIBULATE") THUS, SPENDING A VERY ULL DAY OF GRIPING, COMPLAINING AND REVEALING T?HE VERY "NTH*DEGREE [OF INGRATITUDE. THEN GOING BACK TO A GLORIOUS YEAR OF 30^ DAYS OF LIVING WITH AN ENTHUSIASTIC ATTITUDE OFifeRATITUDE.
THE PSALMLIST SINGS "MAKE A JOYFUlAlOISE UNTO THE LORD." Psalm 100, 1fie traditionalists call it "OLDjONE HUNDRED". CAN YOU CATCH THE VITALITY OF THOSE WORDS7. .SUGGESTING THAT YOUR THANKSGIVING SHOULD BE OBSERVED, NOT PERFUNCTORALLY, BUTfc WITH ENTHUSIASM, VITALII?,
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"Old One hundred" will be read and preached abut and sung in churches across the land all this week, and on thursday, Thanksgiving Day.
BUT I WONDER HOW OFTEl/lT WILL REFLECT A TRUE ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE,
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OR IF THE CELEBRANT MAY SIMPLY BE ENGAGING IN WHAT/GILBERT AND SULLIVAN CALLED, ""PLATITUDES IN STAINED GLASS ATTITUDES." IN OTHER WORDS,
IS THE HEART REALLY THANKFUL, OR ARE 1*HE WORDS MOUTHED TO COVER A HEART THAT IS WORf^FULL, LACK-FULL, FEAR-FULL. AND CARE-FULL?
A LITTLE^IRL WAS "SLEEPING" OVER AT HER AUNT'S HOUSE, AND WHEN THE AUNT TUCKED HER IN AND SAID "GOOD NIGHT", SHE REMINDED THE CHILD TO SAY HER PRAYERS, AND AFTERWARDS THE AUNT SAID, "WHAT A JOY TO HEAR YOU PRAYING SO WELL, YOU SPEAK SO EARNESTLY AND SINCERELY,"
THE LITTLE^IRL REPLIED, "BUT AUNTKT THAT'j/NOTHING, YOU OUOGHT TO HEAR ME GARGLE!"
PRAYER,TO THE CHILD,WAS^N ACCOMPLISHMENT OF MEMORY AND IMITATION.
WHAT OF YOUR THANKSGIVING? IS IT A "JOYFUL NOISE", an enthusiastic CELEBRATION OF^PRODIGAL UNIVERSE IN WHICH YOU HAVE BEING?
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HERE'S A LITTLE TEST; KI_ND OF A WORD ASSOCIATION. WHAT WORD COMES TO YOU WHEN WE USE THE PHRASES: PRAY TO GOD, WORSHIP GOD,RETURNING THANKS TO GOD? YOU MIGHT THINK OF OBLIGATION. THIS IS A POINT WE NEED TO BE CLEAR ON. Y0U MAY HAVE TO GREATLY EXPAND YOUR GOD-CONCEPT. YOUR PRAYER IS NOT FOR GOD. IT INVOLVES AN ALTERATION OF YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS. WORSHIP IS^IOT A PERFORMANCE WE PUT ON IN ORDER TO GET GOD'S APPROVAL. "RETURNING THANKS" IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO GIVE BACK TO GOD A PORTION ALL THAT HAS|COME TO YOU. ACTUALLY THERE ARE NO STRINGS ON THE ABUNDANCE THAT FLOWS FORTH INTO YOLfP LIFE. (SHOCK) ACTUALLY, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO (SbD WHETHER YOU PRAY, OR WORSHIP, OR EXPRESS THANKS TO HIM OR NOT.
DOES YOUR GOD SIT SULKING IF YOU DO NOT &IV€$ HIM THANKS?.
DO YOU IMAGINE HIM SITTING SULKING BECAUSE OF LACK OF APPRECIATION?
DO YOU PICTURE HIM SAYING, "SUCH ANflNGRATE.. .AFTER ALL IfVE ' DONE FOR HIM?"
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THAT MEDIAEVAL MYSTIC,/MEISTER ECKHART?, W**f7\ PARISH^WHO HAD A MARVEOUS METAPHYSICAL AWARENESS. IN HIS DAY, IF THE PEOPLE HAD REALLY UNDERSTOOD HIM, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN A CANDIDATE FOR BEINfiBURNED AT THE STAKE.
HE RADIATED A GENUINE LOVE FOR PEOPLE, AND HE RAFflNED POPULAR, IN LATER YEARS ALL HIS PAPERS AND WRITINGS WERE CONFISCATED AND BURNED. THUS WHAT WE HAVE TODAY OF HIS WRITINGS IS SIMPLY THATfrWHICH SLIPPED BETWEN THE CRACKS.
A CLASSIC ECKHARTISM IS THIS:	"I	NEVER GIVE GOD THANKS FOR LOVING
ME, BECAUSE HE CAN'T HELP HIMSELF." Thanksgiving is an important state of your consciousness which keeps you in an awarenes of onenss with the divine flow.
THIS BRINGS US TO THE HEART OF THE INNER MEANING OF THANKSGIVING.
MAN IS A SPIRUTUAL BEING. WE HEAR THIS OFTEN..EVN AFFIRM IT FOR OUR-SELVES. BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN? IT MEANS THAT LIFE IS LIVED FROM WITHIN - OUT. THAT THERE IS A DIVINE FOUNTAIN WITHIN YOU WHICH MUST BE PERMITTED TfO FLOW FREELY. HEALTH AND WELL-BEING ARE THE FRUITS OF KEEPING CONSCIOUSLY IN THE FLOW. THIS HAS BECOME THE MOST IMPORTANT INSIGHT OF TRUTH TO ME. WHEREVER YOU ARE AND WHATEVER MAY BE YOUR NEEDS, GOD IS WITHIN YOU, JTHE WHOLE UNIVERSE STANDS BEHIND YOU TO A DEGREE EQUAL TO THE FULL EXTENT OF YOUR NEEDS. ALL THE POWER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH ARE WITH YOUf WORKING ON YOUR SIDE,
ON THE SIDE OF HEALING, OF JUSTICE, OF OVERCOMING.
IN OTHER WORDS, THANKSGIVING IS NOT JUST A REACTIONARY EMOTION,
SOMETHING YOU FEEL WHEN GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO YOU. IT IS A CAUATIVE FORCE, IT IS AN ATTITUDE THAT LIFTS US TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS, ENABLING US TO EXPERIENCE THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF LIFE. YOU MAY SAY, "I HAVE SO MUCH AND I AM GRATEFUL." BUT IT MAY BE THAT YOU HAVE SO MUCH BECAUSE YOU AF5FGRATEFUL. THE GRATEFUL HEART OPENS THE WtyTO THE FLOW, BRINGS YOU TO THE FEAST ("THOU PREPAREST A TiABLE BEFORE ME") where you can expeience blessings from the
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I HAVE LONG HELD THE BELIEF THAT1IF-YOU CAN GET A VIEW FROM HIGH
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ENOUGH UP, AND SEE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE WHOLENESS, THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DEAL EASILY AND EFFECTIVELY WITH LIFE. IN f|HE EARLY DAYS OF AMERICA# PARTICIPATION IN WORLD WAR 11,/1 WAS GOING THROUGH A STRUGGLE OF CONSCIENCE./ I HATED WAR AND FOUND IT HARD TO SEE MYSELF INVOLVED IN MILITARY ACTION./ BUT I COULDN"T DENY THAT I WAS AN AMERICAN WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CITIZENSHIP./ I WAS A MINISTER^ STUDENT AND ELEIGIBLE FOR A A-D CLASSIFICATION WHICH WOULD MEAN EXEMPTION FRM THE DRAFT. WHAT SHOULD I DO?
I TOOK A TRIP UP INTO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, IN A BEAUTIFUL WILDERNESS AREA, PACKING BACK INTO THE WILDS./ EVERY MORNING, I WOULD CLIMB TO THE SUMMIT OF THE HIGHEST PEAK AROUND,/AND SIT IN QUIET MEDITATION FROM THIS SUMMIT OF THE WORLD. /I WAS NOT EXPECTING TO HEAR GOD'S VOICE TELLING ME WHAT TO DO./YET I WANTED GUIDANCE./IN A FEW DAYS IT CAME QUITE CLEAR./!JUST GO ABOUT MY DAY_-TO-DAY AFFAIRS/, AND LET LIFE HAPPEN' IT WAS THEN THAT WAS LED TO FORMULATE AN AFFIRMATION
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"GOD'S LAW OF ADJUSTMENT REGULATES ALL W AFFAIRS MB ALL THINGS ARE IN DIVINE ORDER."
WHAT HAPPENED IS A LONG STORY THAT MAY BE RELATED AT SOME FUTURE TIME. BUT I WAS DRAFTED, AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE MEDICAL CORP, WHERE I HAD A VERY MEANINGFUL AND FULFILLING EXPERIENCE THROUGHOUT THE WAR.
THIS VIEW FROM THE TOP IS REALLY WHAT THANKSGIVING IS. SOME YEARS AGO WE HAD SOME FRIENDS VISITING WITH US FROM ENGLAND. IT WAS THEIR FIRST TRIP TO AMerica, and of couorse their first visit to New York.
OF COURSE, THEY HAD BEEN CONDITIONED WITH ALL THE LURID DETAILS OF HOW SORDID AND CRIME-RIDDEN OUR CITY WAS.
THE FIRST PLACE I ffTOOK(THEM/WAS TO THE TOP OF THE RCA BUILDING.
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE BREATH^TAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL DAYS WHEN YOU CAN "SEE FOREVER." THEY WERE THRILLED BY THE SIGHT. LATER, AS f WE TOURED AROUND THE CITY, THE MANU SAID, * I JUST rflN"T forgft
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THAT VIEW FROM THE TOP...IT COLORS EVERTHING I SEE." They went AWAY SINGING THE PRAI£#OF NEW YORK."
THIS HAS LED TO A HELPFUL INSIGHT ABOUT THANKSGIVING. IT IS LITERALLY
A VEW FROM THE TOP.■■CONTEMPLATING ALLTHE CHANGING AND CHALLENGING
THINS AND EXPERIENCES AND PERSONS OF YOUR LIFE FROM THF HIGHFST
POSSIBLE^TTINTpF VIOH RHENEVER THErT7?TcONFLICT OR CHALLENGE,
_GET THE VIEW FROM THE TOP/SEE THE INERHEnt goodySEE THE ACTVITY
OFGOD. /GET" YOUR CONStIOUSNESS CENTERED ON THE COSMIC FLOW OF LIFE.
LOOK UP AND SEE THE WID$R SPHERE, SEE THE DIVIN^CREATIVE PROCESS
AT WORK, jsEE THE ACTIVITY OF GOD IN PERSONS AND SITUATONS../WHEN
YOU DO...YOU WILL SPONTANEOUSLY FIND YOURSELF IN AN AWAI^NESS OF THANKSGIVING.
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YOU MAY RECALL THE ACCOUINT OF JESUS AT/rHE TOMB OF LAZARUS, WHO HAD BEEN^HREE DAYS IN(tHE TOMB. THE SISTERS MARY AND MARTHA WERE DISTRAUGHT WITH GRIEF. JESUS HAD THE MEN ROLL THE STONE AWAY FROM THE TOMB. THEN HE LIFTED UP HIS EYES (got the|(ia*from the top)
AND SAID, FATHER, I THANK YOU THAT YOU HEAR ME." YOU MIGHT IMAGINE PEOPLE THINKING, "THANKGIVING! WHAT IS THERE TO BE THANKFUL FOR?
THIS IS A MOCKERY.. .THE MAN/tS DEAD."
BUT JESUS KNft/THAT THE KEY TO POWER IS ACKNOWLEDGING THE AVAILABILITY QF_PPWER. HE WAS NOT GIVING THANKS FOR ANYTHING...HE WAS GIVING THANKS FROM A HIGH PERSPECTIVE THAT COULD SEE LIFE AS TRANSCENDENT TO DEATH. IN THIS CONSCIOUSNESS HE AFFIRMED, "I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE." (not to make it true...but affirming that which was true from his mountain top perspective.) Then Jesus proclaimed, "LAZARUS, COME FORTH!" AND THE MAN WALKED OUT, FREE AND^HOLE.
IN OUR CONTEMPORARY FRAME OF REFERENCE, fTHERE IS NO WAY TO REALLY UNDESTAND THE IMPLICATION^ THIS EVENT..THE ACTUAL BODILY RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD. I SAY: "DON'T GET SO INVOfttD IN ApiLYZING ! THE DETAILS THAT YOU LOSE SIGHT OF A SIMPLE FUNDAMENTAL:
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IF JESUS WOULD LIFT UP HISSES TO GET A VIEW FROM »HE TOP IN DEALING WITH THE FINAL ENEMY OF DEATH — HOW MUCH MORE IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE LOOK UP AND GIVE THANKS IN EVERY EXPERIENCE IN OUR LIVES. ACTUALLY THANKGIVING CAN BE A GOLDEN KEY TO RESURRECTING THE WANING POSSIBILITIES OF ANY EXPERIENCE OR RELATIONSHIP.
THERE IS AN OLD SAYING, "A DONKEY MAY CARRY A HEAVY LOAD OF PRECIOUS SANDALWOOD ON HIS BACK AND NEVER K^NOW ITS PRECIOUSNESS.. .ONLY ITS WEIGHT.
MANY OF US GO THROUGl/LIFE FEELING ONLY THE WEIGHT OF CIRCUMSTANCES, NEVER ABLE TO APPRECIATE THE PRECIOUS NATURE OF LIFE, BECAUSE OF A CHRONIC NEGATIVE ATTITUDE. HEAD BOWEljDOWN, FIXED ON^HE GROUJD.
WE NEED TO LOOK UP, GET^T# TRANSCENDENT VIEW, CULTIVATE THE ATTItude Of GRATITUDE.
AT THANKSGIVING TIME, WHEN OUR MINDS TURN NOSTALGICALLY TO OUR HOME AND FAMILY OF OUR FORMATIVE YEARS, I FIND MYSELF REMEMBERING MY MOTHER. SHE WAS A GREAT SOUL, WHO BECAUSE OF A VERY UNSTABLE HUSBAND,
(lY FATHER^^D a very difficult life, but she was a nat?ural truth
STUDENT BEFORE SHE FOUND UNITY. I CAN R#MEMBER HOW SHE FAC® THE
CRISES T0HAT WERE FREQUENT, WITH POISE AND EQUANIMITY,WITH FAITH
AND WITH A THANKFUL SPIRIT. SHE DISCOVERED TRUTH OVER THE BA*C*
FENCE TALKING TO A NEIGHBOR. THESE TWO LADIES, MOTHER AND THE
NEIGHBOR,BOTH WENT ON TO bSBe*'MINISTERS.
ONE OF THE THINGS Y0U NOTICED ABOUT MOTHER WAS HER DEEP CONVICTION
THAT THE UNIVERSE IS SEEKING TO GIVE YOU TH^ULLNESS OF LIFE.
WHEN TALKING ABOUT ANY NEED, SHE WOULD ALWAYS SAY, "I GIVE
THANKSFOR ABUNDANCE... I GIVE THANKS FOR HEALING...ETC" this was
THE FOCUS OF HER PRAYER. THERE WAS NEVER ANY SENSE OF REACHING
FOR GOD, SOLICITING HIS HELP. SOMETIMES SHE WOULD STAND INA CIRCLE
WITH MY TWO BROTHERS AND A SI&R, HOLDING HANDS, AFFIRMING, "WE
GIVE HANKS FOR ABUNDANCE...OUR EVERY NEED IS FILLED." EVERY DAY WAS THANKSGIVING DAY.
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THERE WAS ONE VERY MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE, THAT SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ME RELATE BEFORE. IF SO PERHAPS YOU WILL INDULGE ME TO HEAR IT AGAIN. AFTER ALL, WE LISTEN TO AN OPERA OR SYMPHONY
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OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THE BUTTERWORTH FAMILY WAS ALL WORKING AROUND THE HOUSE, PAINTING, GARDENNG, CLEANING UP. IT WAS A LOVELY HOUSE IN AN UPPER MXHHKEXCLASS NEIGHBORHOOD. NO ONE KNEW OTHER! THAN £THAT WE WERE AN UNUSUALLY INDUSTRIOUS UPPER CLASS FAMILY. THE FACT WAS, ON ONE OF THE MANY OCCASIONS THT MY FATHER HAD RUN OFF,
IN THE FACE OF HI^NABILITY TO FACE HIS GAMBLING LOSSES, LEAVING THE FAMILY ADRIFT WITH NO ( REPEAT "NO") RESOURCES, MOTHER WAS INGENIOUS AND RESOURCEFUL. SHE FOUND THIS UNDENTED HOME THAT WAS IN GREAT NEED OF REPAIR, AND MADE A DEAL WITH THE LANDLORD HE WOULD PROVIDE THE MAERIALS, WE WOULD DO THE WORK, IN EXCHANGE FOR LIVING IN THE HOUSE RENT-FREE. SO THIS SATURDAY,WE WERE WORKING AROllD THE HOUSE, WHILE IN THE POSH HOME NEXT TO US A VERY FASHIONABLE GARDEN PARTY WAS GOIfNG ON. AS SUPPER TIME APPROACHED, WE NOTICED THAT NOTHING WAS GOING ON IN THE KITCHEN, BUT WE HAD FAITH THAT MOTHER ALWAYS FOUND A WAY. SHE CALLED US IN AND EXAMINED THAT THERE WAS NOTHNG IN THE HOUSE TO EAT. BUT SHE ASSURED US THAT IF WE FELT GRATEFUL AND KEPT BELIEVING, THAT IT WOUD WORK OUT./ SHE HAD US SET THE DNING ROOM TABLE,/AND HAD US GET OUT THE BEST SILVER AND LINENS/remnants of better days),/and set A FESTIVE TABLE./ THEN AT THE DINNER HOUR^SHE HAD US STAND AROUND THE TABLE,/HOLDING HANDS)/
AS SAID GRACE (which did seem unually long)/THE PRAYER WAS INTEERRUPTED BY A KNOCK AT THE BACK DOOR. / IT WAS ONE OF THE MAIDS FROM THE HOUOSE NEXT DOOR. SHE SAID THAT HER EMPLOYER, SEEING'THAT WE HAD BEEN WORKING ALL DAY AND PEHAPS NOT TAKING THE TIME FOR PREPARATIN OF DINNER, WONDERED IF WE WOUD LIKEft^HARE IN SOME (/THE FOOD LEFT OVER FROM THE GARDEN PARTY./ MOTHER GRACIOUSLY SAID,/"WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO HAVE IT." SOON THE MAID RETURNED WITH TWO OTHER PEOPLE CARRYNG SILVER SERVING DISHES AND TOURINES WITH WARNj/iND SUPTUOUS FOOD,
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COMPLETE WITH SALAD, HORS D"OEVRES, AND DESSERTS. AND WE SAT DOWN TO A LAVISH FEAST. IT WAS A HAPPY DAY A<THE BUTTERWORTHS. ACTUALLY IT IS ONLY IN RETROSPECT THAT I LOOK UPON THE EXPERIENCE WITH AWE,
FOR MOTHER WAS FOREVER MAKING THE MOST AMAZING DEMONSTRATIONS.
WHEN YOU MAINTAIN A GRATEFUL HEART, YOU CAN NEVER BE POOR. Without THE*£TTITUDE OF GRATITUDE, YOU ARE NEVER RICH. ONE OF THE DANGERS OF HAVING TOO MUCH INA MATERIAL SENSE IS THAT WE TEND TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE RICHES OF LIFE. . .ALLOWING TH^TTITUD^IF GRATITUDE TO ATROPHY,
A WEALTHY DOWAGER CONSULTED HER DOCTOR ABOUT SOME SEVERE ACHES 'AND tfAINS ABD TENSIONS AND NERVOUSNESS. AFTER A THROUGH EXAMI NAT()N HE ADVISED HER TO GET A JOB. SHE PROTESTD THAT SHE COULDN"TPOSSIBLY WORK, SHE WAS TIRED ALL THE TIME. The doctor said, "Madam, what you need is something to be tired from,not tired of*
THE SYMPTOMS DESCRIBED ARE THE RESULT OF TOO MUCH COMFORT IN THE HOME ANDrENOUGH GRATITUDE IN THE HEART.
THANKSGIVING IN ITS OWN MODEST WAY, TRIES T§0 REMIND US..,NOT JUST WHAT WE HAVE TO GIVE THANKS FOR, BUT WHAT W^IAVE TO GIVE THANKS FROM. WE MAY VARY BY GREAT DEGREES IN THE LEVELS OF OUR STATE OR STATION IN LIFE...THUS THERE WOULD SEEMINGLY BE A VARIATION IN REASONS FOR THANKSGIVING^ -TWHAT WE HAVE TO GIVE THANKS FOR.
THERE MAY BE TIMES WHEN WE REALLY BELIEVE WE HAVE NOTHINC TO GIVE THANKS FOR.jLBUT WE ALWAYS HAVE MUCH !TO GIVE THANKS FROM - OUR SPIRITUAL GROUND, THE FOUNDATON PRINCPLES OF TRUTH.
SOME PEOPLE MAY DO GREAT THINS AND HAVE MUCH IN THE WAY OF HEALTH AND POSSESSIONS...THEY SEEMINGLY HAVE GOOD REASON FOR THANKSGIVING.
BUT NO MATTER HOW LITLE YOU HAVE, YOU CAN REJOICE IN WHT CITHERS HAVE AND CELEBRATE TH^FLOW.
PERHAPS THS IS WHAT TRUE AFFLUENCE IS...NOT JUST THE FREE-FLOW T SUBSTANCE IN YOUR LIFE...BUT THE ABILITYTO CELEBRATE ALL THE ABUNDANCE IN THEUNIVESE.
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I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED	"THE CHANTICLEER"	THAT LITERARY	CREATIION	OF
Rostand) you may remeber the rooster	thought that it was his	crowing
AT DAWN THT CAUSED TBE SUN TO RISE. Every morningHE WOULD ARISE AT DAWN AND POSITION HIMSELF FOR HIS PERFORMANCE. AS HE CROWED,
THE SUN WOULD RISE	AND	BRING ON	THE LIGHT OF DAY.	HE HAD A GREAT
SENSED OF PURPOSE,	HIS	LIFE HAD	MEANING. BUT ONE	DAY HE OVERSLEPT,
AND WOKE UP TO FIND THAT THE SUN HAD ALREADY RISEN. IT WAS A CRUSHING BLOW...NOW HE FELT	HIS	LIFE HAD	NO MEANING. THEN,	IN A FLASH OF
INSIGHT, HE THOUGHT: "IT MAY BE	THAT IT IS NOT MY	POOR VOICE THAT
BRINGfS ON THE DAY:	BUT EVEN IF I MAY	NOT CAUSE THE	SUN TO RISE,
I MAY LIFT MY VOICE	AND CELEBRATE ITS	RISING."
IT IS A MARVELOUS INSIGHT INTO THANKSGIVING AS A POSITIVE POWER...
NOT JUST A REA’TIONARY EMOTION, BUT A VITAL CAUSATIVE ENERGY. IF YOU GET THAT VIEW FROM THE TOP, YOU REALIZE THAT YOU CAN APPRECIATE GRET THINGS, AND BE GRATEFUL THAT YOU CAN. YOU CAN CELEBRATE THE ABUNDANCE THAT IS EVERYWHERE, NO MATTE*WHOSE LIFE IT MAY APPEAR IN.
WHAT WOULD ART MUSEUMS BE WITHOUT ART ENTHUSIASTS?. .OR A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WITHOUT MUSIC LOVERS J WE CAN'T ALL PAINT OR SEW OR COMPOSE OR SING OR PLAY. BUT WE CAN CELEBRATE THE CREATIVE WORKS WHEREVER THEY SPRIfNG FORTH. MAYBE APPRECIATION IS'THE GREATEST KIND OF CREATIVITY. AND MAYBE AFFLUENCE IS NOT JUST THE FREE FLOW OF SUBSTANCE INTO YOUR LIFE...BUT THE ABILITY TO CELEBRATE ALL THE ABUNDANCE IN THE UNIVERSE. I
I LOVE THE ADTTITUDE EXPRESSED BY A SUPPORTER OF OUR RADIO WORK,
WHO SENDS A GIFT WITH THE CRYPTIC NOTE..."HERE IS A PIECE OF THE UNIVERSE." IT REFLECTS THE CONSCIOUSNESS..."I LIVE INIfiE UNIVERfif AND IT LIVES IN ME...THEREFORE IT IS MINE TO USE AND TO ENJOY."

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THE ART GALLERIES AND LIBRARIES AND MUSEIMS ARE YOURS TO ENJOY. THE SUNRISES AND SUNSETS AND MOONLIT NIGHTS AND THE LAVISH COLORS OF FALL ARE ALL YOURS TO CELEBRATE. HOW RICH YOU CAN FEEL! AND THIS FEELING OF RICHES IS A KEY TO OPENING THE WAY TO THEf/lOW.
THIS ATTITUDE WOULD LEAD TO RESPECT FOR PROPERTY,AND /^HEALTHY RESPECT FOR PEOPLE, ALL PEOPLE. GREATEST OF ALL IT WOULD LEAD TO A HEALTHY SELF-RESPECT AND THE FEELING OF SELF-WORTH.
FINALLY, WE NEED TO EMPHASIZE THE GIVING ASPECT OF THANKSGIVING.
THE HEBREW WORD FOR THANKSGIVING(1 S "YAW-DAW", WHICH LITERALLY MEANS A STRETCHING FORWARD OF YOUR OPEN^ANDS. FIND YOUR HIGH POINT WHERE YOU CAN VIEW LIFE FROM *THE TOP/STRETCH FORTH YOUR HANDS IN A SYMBOL OF BLESSING TO CONDITIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS EVERYWHERE. PRAYERFULLY PROJECT A POSITIVE AND LOVING BLESSING TO EVERYONE AND EVERY CONDITION THAT HAS TOUCHED YOUR LIFE.
CULTIVATE THE ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE. IT WILL KEEP YOU CONSTANTLY IN THE CREATIVE FLOW.. IT WILL £EAD YOU »T0 THE EXPERIENCE OF "LIFE MORE ABUNDANT'.
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GRATEFUL FOR THE HELP RECEIVED,/THEY PUT THE TRU1 BACK ON TITHE SHELF LIKE A BHBK RECIFE BOOK ONCE
THE CAKE IS MA<DE. /THEY FEEL GOOD ABOfllT IT BE IF THEjif/TO BE CALLED ON WHEN NEXT THERE IS A CRISI TO BE MjrEf -/OR A PIE TQfeE BAKED
SOMEHOW IT DOESN'T OCCUR TO THEM /tHAT TRUTH IS J$|WAY OF LIFE./AND ITS PRINCIPLES ARE APPLICABLE 0 TO SITUATIONS GREAT 0AND SMALL. NO HUMJAN NEED IS TOO INSIGNIFICANT/TO BE DEALT WTTH BY THE PRINCIPLES OF TRUTH./..MAKING A PIE,/PLANTING SPRING FLOWERS./GETTINGfTO WORK ON TIME, COPING WUHE EVERYDAY STRESS,/ GETTINO/ALONG WITH ONE'S
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E® TURNING TO GOD WITH EVERY LITTLE NEED, t WOMAN WAS FACING A LITTLE PROBLEM IN HER WORK./
A FRI BUD SUGGESTD THAT SHE PRAY ABOUT IT./ SHE SAID,/'OH, I WOULDN'T/THINK OF/BOTHERING GOD ABOUT SUCH A LITTLE THING.'/ THE BELIEF IS THAT GOD HAS THE WEIGHT OF T£ WORLD ON HIS SHOULDERS./ A LITTLE CHILD WAS OVERHEARD/SAYING HIS PRAYERS OUT LOUD./HE SAID ’...AND PLEASE GOD,/TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF,/FOR IF ANYTHING HAPPENED TO YOU,/
WE WOULD ALL|BE SUNK.'
I ONCE HAD A LETTER FROM A VERY CONSERVATIVE MINISTER/CRITICIZING MY PHILOSOPHY ESfiOUSED ON THE DAILY RADIO BROADCAST./THE MAIN GIST OF HIS COMMENT WAS THAT I MISLED PEOPLE/BY ENCOURAGI
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THEM TO USE GOD. |CHARLES FILLMORE) USED TQiSAY, 'GOD LOVES TO BE USED.'/ JESUS SAID 'IT IS THE
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WHOLENESS IN EVERY RERSON./ INFINITE MJND IS THE TRANSCENDENT# REALITY OF YJJUJ? MIND/ASlpiEESONl PUTS IT/’AN INLET THAT MAY BECOME AN OUTLET/TO ALL THERE IS IN GOD.'
>1T IS ALWAYS SURPRISING TO ME TO ENCOUNTER A BELIEF IN SOMEONE THAT IT IS SOMtEHOW SACRILEGKk’
/TO SEEK DIV6INE GUIDANCE «IN ANYTH I N(^ BUT THE DEEPER ASPECTS OF LIFE. / IT IS THE SAME KIND OF ATTITUDE/THAT SUPPOSES THAT ONE IS NOT PRAYING/ UNLESS HE MAKES THE ACT A FORMAL CEREMONY/WITH SPECIAL LITURGICAL WORDS.
BUT ISN’T EVERY APPRECIATION OF BEAUTY A PRAYER?/ ISN'T THE ARTIST PRAYING/WHEN HE PAINTS THE TREE AND THE SHY IN A SPIRIT OF REVERENCE?/ ISN'T THE SEEKING TO KNOW HOW TO BANDAGE A LITTLE GIRL'S BRUISED ELBOW/A PRAYER?/ IF WE ARE SEEKING SMX
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MIND./WE ARE SIMPLY UNITINGTHE VARIOUS PARTS OF OUR WORLD WITH THE COSMIC WHOLE.
£WE LIKE TO SAY THAT THE APPLICATION OF TRUTH PR CIPLES/lS THE 'PRACTICE OF IHE PRESENCE OF GOD
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*T IS THE CONVICTION THAT WITHIN YOU/lS THE UNBORN POSSIBILITY OF LIMITLESS LIFE,/ AND YOURS IS THE PRIVELEGE OF GIVING BIRTH TO IT./ IT IS 10 HAVE FAITH IN F«AITH,/TO TRUST THE PROCESS 01 YOUR CREATIVE MIND,/AND TO ACT AS IF IT WERE CO! PLETELY IMPOSSIBLE TO FAIL.
AND IT IS TO CORRECT THE TENDENCY TO 'PRACTICE THE_ABSENCE OF GYOD.' WHICH IS PRECISELY WHAT WE DO/WHEN WE PRAY TO GOD 'OUT THERE',/BEGffclN SUPPLICATING OR BARGA IN ING./A SPIRITUAL PH ILC SOPHYM THAT CAN BE PRACTICED EVERY DAY/NUST DEAL WITH CHANGELESS LAW,/AND WITH A PRESENCE THAT IS PRFSFMT/AT All tjuc-c tan im
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WHEN WE USE WE TERM 'PRACTICE THE PRESENCE',/
WE ARE NOT USING IT LIGHTLY./ THE TRUTH IS NOT JUSAT A PHILOSOPHY TO STUDY,/IT IS A PARTICULAR WAY OF LIFE TO PRACTICE./ IT IS PRACTICAL,/BUT WE MUST WORKjlT IT EVERY DAY.
OF COURSE IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE FUNDAMENTALS,/^ KNOW THE ALLNESSOF GOD./TO KNOW THAT It&rV SPIRITUAL BEING,/AN EACHNESS WITHIN THE ALLNESS OF GOD,/TO KNOW THE LAWS OF MIND ACTIO! /THE VITAL ROLE OF/!ONSCIOUSNESS,/ETC. BUT ALL-IMPORTANT/IS WHAT I^DO WITH THESE INSIGHTS./ LIFE IS FOR LIVING./ AND TRUTH I^FOR ACHIEVING
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THE HKBHEStT LEVEL OF EFFECTIVE LIVING/
OF COURSE LIFE FOR ANY OF US/DOES NOT ALWAYS MOVE ALONG IN PERFECT ORDER./SOMETIMES THINGS GO WRONf AND THERE IS NOTHING NEGATIVE/ABOUT ADMITIING WIT ROBERT|feURN^)/THAT '«THE BEST LAID PLANS OF MICE AN
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AND PAIN FOR PROMISED JOY.' / IT MAY BE A JOB THAT HASN'T WORKED OUT./S PHYSICAL CHALLENGE THAT HAS ARISEN./A SUDDEN NEED FOR FINANCING IN A TIGHT MONEY-MARKET,/OR A RELATIONSHIP COMPLICA TION WITH A SPOUSE OR CO-WORKER.
OF COURSE PRAY ABOUT IT./ BUT PRAYER IS REMEMBERING THE TRUTH,/KNOWING YOUR ONENESS WITH INFINITE MIND. I IT IS NOT RRYING TO GETt SOMETHIN OUT OF
GOD,/BUT TURNING YOUR M.IND AWAY FROM THE DISTRAC*
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TING NEED/AND BECOMt AWARE OF fHE SPONTANEOUS HEALING,/GUIDING ACTIVITY OF K PRESENCE.
YOU SEE, THE fcBIG PROBLEMS OR CRISES/ARE ALWAYS DEFINED BY THE CONSCIOUSNESS IN WHICH THEY FIND YOU*./AND THAT CONSCIOUSNESS IS DETERMINED BY THE PRACTICE YOU ENGAGE IN DAY-BY-DAY.
THE BIG GAME AT TH^STADIUM IS DETERMNIED BY THE
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JESUS WALKED OUT OF THE TOMB TO PROVE HIS MASTERY OVER LIFE,/BUT THE CONSCIOUSNESS TO DO THIS WAS NOT ACQUIRED IN THOSE THREE DATS./ IT WAS ACHIEVI DURING THE ENTBIRE 33 YEARS OF HIS LIFE./IN A CONSTANT SELF-DENIAL AND DISCIPLINE.
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*LIFE for all PERSONS IS CHANGE./AND changes can
OFTEN EVOLVE AS CHALLENGES/THAT^i$f ONE'S
metTtle./ but a challenge is negative/only if yo
ARE HARASSED BY IT./ IF YOU HAVE DONE YOUR HOMEWORK,/OR YOUR PRAYER-WORK,/IF YOU WILL,/IT WILL SIMIPLY BE AN OPPORTUNITY/TO DRAW ON YOUR RESERV' /JESUS SAID, 'LAY UP TREASURES IN HETAVEN'./- WHK MEANT VERY SIMLBY,/TO CONDITION YOUR CONSCIOUSNE WITH POSITIVE ENERGY ./EMERSON! SAYS. ’'GIRD YOURSE ABOUT WITH INCESSANT AFFIRMATIVES.9 IF YOU HAVE A HEALTHY BANK BALANCE/AND YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD,/ MEETING A FINANCIAL NEED/IS A CHALLENGE/BUT CER-
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^WE NEED TO GET A NEW ATTITUDE ABOUT THE CHALLENGE CF LIFE./ SOMEONE MAY SAY,/’ I HAVE A PROBLEM./ OFTEN flTHE WORD 'PROBLEM’/hAS DARK MEANINGS,/ IMPLYING IMPASSABLE OBSTACLES AND IMPOSSIBLE PEOPLE./ IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO ME,/lN THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD./A BETTER WORD IS 'PROJEC' /FOR IT CONNOTES A POSITIVE ENDEAVOR OF RESEARCH. AND DEVELOPMENT. /THERE IS A TENDENCY TO DEAL WIT A PROBLEM/WITH TENSION AND STRAIN/AND THE ’ONLY A MIRACLE CAN SAVE ME/ CONSCIOUSNESS./ BUT WE TACKLE A PROJECT,/SUCH AS PUTTING A MAN ON THE MOON/WITH VIGOR AND IMAGINATION /AND WITH THE CONVICTION THAT IT WILL BE DONE.
WHAT PROJECTS DO YOU HAVE IN YOUF^LIFE?/ YOU MAY FACE PROBLEMS/WRINGING YOUR HANDS/BUT YOU CAN FACE PROJECTS RUBBING YOUR HANDS/lN ENTHUSIASM AND EARGERNESS/TO AN?OTHER DEMONSTRA"
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WOULD YOU WALK ON IT NOW?/ WHY NOT? /1T IS THE
SAME WIDTH AND PERFECTLY SUBSTANTIAL./ WHY IS IT
ANY MORE DIFFICULT FOR YOU/TO WALK IT AT/tHIS
HEIGHT THAN ON THE GROUND?/ IT IS BECAUSE YOU
BECOME TOTALLY PREOCCUPIED/WITH THE SPACE ON
EITHER SIDE OF THE RUNWAY./AND THE POSSIBILITY
OF FALLING,/GIVING LITTLE OR NO JHOUGHT TO THE RUNWAY.
THE REASON THE HIGH BEAM CONSTRUCTION WORKER DOES HIS WORK SO FEARLESSLY,/IS THAT HE IS CONFIDENT OF HIS ABILITY/AND HE DOES NOT BORROW TRDOBU /BY WORRYING ABOUT FALLING,/SO HE NEVER DOES.
WHEN SOME CONCERN TROUBLES YOU./LOOK AT THE WHOLE THING AND SEE WHAT HAS HAPPENED./ YOU ARE IN A PROBLEM CONSCIOUSNESS./YOU HAVE BECOME OVERWHELME BY A SITUASTI ON BECAUSE YOU ARE EMPHASIZING THE PROBLEM AND MINIMIZING YOUR POWER TO COPF
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IN THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD,/WE FIND A NEW SENSE OF FAITH/lN THE CONSTANCY AND EVER-PRESENCE/OF A DIVINE PROCESS/THROUGH WHI8H ALL THINGS A7RE POSSIBLE.'
► LET ME TELL YOU OF A PERSONAL EXPERIENCB. MAN
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YEARS AGO,/IN THE EARLY DAYS OF MY RADIO BRDflD CZSTING CAREER, ABOUT 40 YEARS AGO - IN $THE DAYS BEFORE TAPE RECORDING REVOLUTIONIZED THE INDUSTRY/-- I HAD TO BE PHYSICALLY! PRESENT AT
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THE BROADCAST I NG)STUD 10 EVERY MORNING,/ SIX DAKS A WEEK./A 6:30 AM BROADCAST,/MEANT I HAD 10 GET UP ABOUT 4:30 AM,/LEAVE HOME AT ABOUT 5:1^/ EVERY DAY OF/THE WEEK./ NO DAYS OFF./lF I WANTET TO GET AWAY FOR A CONFERENCE OR A HOLIDAY,/I HAD TO GO TO A RECORDING STUDIO AND M«feACUT4 RECORD-^T II TtIF- WORD. ONE MORNING I AWATkEND TO FIND THERE HAD BEEN A HEAVY SNOWFALL DURING
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; MY MOST POPULAR RADIO TALKS./AND IT WAS A GREAT GROWTH EXPERIENCE FOR ME.
IK HAVE FOUND THIS TO BE AN EFFECTIVE WAY/TO GET INTO THE 'IT CAME TO PASS' FLOW./WHEN YOU ARE BOGGED DOWN IN SOME DIFFICULTY WHERE THERE APPEARS TO BE NO WAY OUT/- -*STAND STILL AND SEt GET STILL/AND VISUALIZE YOURSELF/- 24 HOURS LATER, /THINGS ALL SETTLED. /FEEL GOO^ABOUT THE OUTWORKING./ THIS WILL COMPLETELY BY-PASS THE QUESTION OF 'HOW'/- GETTING INTO THE CONSCIOUS NESS OF ACHIEVEMENT, IN WHICN THE/ANSWER CAN EASILY UNFOLD.
► IT IS AMAZING HOW MIND WORKS./ JOE/SAYS, 'THAT WHICH I FE4ARED HAS COME UPON ME.'/ YOU MAY HOLD AN IMAGE IN MIND OF SOME DIRE CONSEQUENCE,/WHICH WILL TEND TO CREATE THE CONDITION/OR DRAW l*E PERSON TO YOU/THAT WILL MAKE THE IMAGE BECOME A
BUT THE MARVELOUS THING IS/THAT THIS IS A UNIVER SAL PROCESS./SO YOU CAN REVERSE IT WITH DRAMATIC RESULTS./ INSTEAD OF IMAGINING AND WORRYING A80U SOME NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCE./DETERMINE WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE MANIFEST./AND HOLD IT AS AN IMAGE IN MIND./ FOR INSTANCE IF YOU ARE WORRYING ABOUT THE SAFETY OF A LOVED ONE./WHY NOT SEE HJM SURROUNDED BY LIGHT./SITTINGAT HOME IN HIS EASY CHAIR, /happY«,/*WHOLE,/SAFE,/&ND WELL./IN OTHER
WORDS, STAND ON *THE VANTAGE GROUND OF TRUTH/AND SEE THAT WHICH YOU WOOLD LIKE TO BE TRUE.
► IT WASfSIR WILLIAM OSLERI WHO USEIF TO SAY,'LIVE IN DAY-TITE COMPARTMENTS.'/ MAKE EVERY DAYtAN OPPOR-TUNLITY TO PRACTICE THE PRESENCE./ MY MOTHER HAD 'STATEMENT FROM HER MONEY PHILOSOPHY,/ 'IF A THING IS WORTH DOING, IT IS WORTH DOING WELL.'/ AND I LIKE TO PARAPHRASE THAT,/'IF A DAY IS WORTH LIVIN'
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IS G0IN_G TO BE?'/MORE RELEVANT IS THE QUSTION.y
'WHAT KUND OF ENERGY/AM I GOING TO PROdECT INTO THIS DAY?'
THE BIBLE SAYS,/'GOD HJJ SET ALL THINGS UNDER YOUR FEET.'./THIS DOESN’T MSEAN THAT YOU HAVE BOWER OVER THINGS 'OUT THERE'/- BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT YOU HAVE POWER/OVER YOURSELF AND HOli THE THINGS OUT THERE WILL AFFECT YOU.
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THE EXPERIENCES OF LIFE HAVE NO IDENTI T^0F*7hE I OWN. / IHEyBECOME TO US WHAT WE SEEjTHEM AS BEING. IT IS ALMOST AS IF WE HAV^/A PUIS OR MINUS STAMP IN OUR HANDS,/AND WE STAMP THINGS AS 'GOOD' OR '.B2D',. 'HAPPY' OR 'TRAGIC'. WHAT ARE YOU
STAMPING THINGS? YOU CAN EFFECTIVELY USE WHAT I CALL 'THE POWER OF THE PLUS./
*YOU CAN BECOME A SELF-ACTUALIZER./ WITHIN YOU IS
THE UNBORN POSSIBILITY OF LIMITLESS LIVING/AND POSITIVE OUTWORKING/- AND YOURS IS THE PRIVELEGE/ OF GIVING BIRTH TO IT./ START YOUR DAY,/EVERY
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DAY,/IN THE 1AMASKAR CONSCIOUSNESS. SEE GOD IN YOURSELF ./SEE GOD IN PERSONS./ SEE GOD IN EXPERIENCES. /GET INTO A 'Y£S' CONSCIOUSNESS./AFFIRI
YOUR ONENESS WITH GOD./WITH LIFE./WITH THE CREATIVE FLOW.
WHETHER YOU MAY BE A SALESMAN,/A MUSICIAN,/AN
ATHLETE,/OR A STOCK BROKER,/PREPARE YOURSELF FOR
EVERY FORAY INTO THE WORLD./ DON'T LET THE WORLD
TURN ON THE LIGHTS IN YOU./ YOU TURN THE FOCUSED
SPOTLIGHT OF YOUR SPIRITUAL INSIGHT/UNTO THE WORL
DONJJ LET ANYONE OR ANY SITUATION/DETERM INE HOW
YOU ARE GOINGTO ACT - OR REACT. LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE.

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SO...PRACTICE THE TWO STEPS IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS
1.	LET THERE BE LIGHT. SEE YOUSELF I N THE CENTEf OF GOD, IN THE LIGHT. YQlM I LL KNOW. . .PERHAPS NOT KNOW ABOUT. . .PUT YOU jy^W. . . YOU ARE IJ MINS .
2.	LETJE THERE B£j/FlRM AMENT. NOT FA I TH I N . . . JUST FAITH. PERCEPTION. CAN DO ALL THINGS I N THE ALLNESS CONSCIOUSNESS.
THIRD STEP: "DRY LAND" - MENTAL IMAGING